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Issue81
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All parents should be required volunteer timeto their children’s schools.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.


Should all parents be required to volunteertime to their children’s schools, as the speaker recommends? I basically agree.However, despite the evident benefits, there are also several drawbacks that ifnot handle properly may render the recommendation counterproductive.

To begin with, it is undoubted that suchrecommendation requiring parents to volunteer in their children’s schools willbe beneficial, in three respects. First, such activities involving both thechildren and their parents in their schools will definitely contribute to animprovement of the communication between the parents and the children. Forexample, after the voluntary work is done, children could be guides for theirparents and show them around, pointing out the spots frequently mentioned bythe kids to their parents before. Secondly, there is no doubt that byvolunteering time in children’s schools parents will established an exemplarymodel which is conducive to their children’s development and a great lesson forthem to tell what is social responsibility and what is voluntary work.Additionally, teachers are granted a perfect opportunity to meet with theparents of their students, which paves the way for further interaction betweenteachers and parents rendering the teaching more effective.

However, there are certain drawbacks undersuch recommendation which ignoring them will lead to untoward results. First,the first problem the organization of such activities will encounter is thatmost parents, with various kinds of vocations, not only don’t have a relativelysimilar blank in time for such activities but also don’t have spare time atall. It is hard to require parents who are so occupied by other stuffs to makeroom for such activities, though beneficial. Next, such activities mightinterrupt the normal study timetable and impede regular study and teachingactivities. Last but not the least, there might be show-off among relativelywealthy parents, which if not being addressed, may end up ruining theactivities and making them counterproductive. There will definitely, more orless, parents who enjoy better material standard show off by, for instance, drivinga luxurious car, or by donating a great amount of money to the school in frontof other parents and so on. If the schools don’t instruct the parents politelyabout not to display such behavior that will make other parents and children,as well as themselves who do so, embarrassed. Consider, if a man’s kids bestfriend’s parent came driving a Jegard while he just drive an old Buick, whatwill his son think? Especially nowadays the kids tend to be very snobbish.

Finally, although the speaker is on thecorrect philosophical side, there are still much drawback to be consider beforeadopting such recommendation. However, there is no need to refuse suchactivities and forgo all the benefits it brings, since we have alreadyconsidered a lot for possible unpleasant situations and therefore they can beprevented. Only if we take procedures in need to preclude such situation, wemay still enjoy the benefit of having a good time with children. We should givethe option to parents instead of enforcing such an obligation, which will annoythe parents and thus undermine the effects; we should instruct all parents whowill come in advance that just ordinary dress will be fine for the purpose ofnot showing a discrepancy that will lead to comparison; we should alsorearrange the study schedule and seek out an appropriate timing for both theparents and the teachers.

In sum, the author’s recommendation is veryconducive to both children and their parents. However, if recklessly conducted,such activities might have undesirable outcome. But only if we can considercarefully and carry out the necessary measure to prevent them, adopting suchrecommendation will have a positive influence.